Improvement in washing-machines



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN w. MCQUILLIN AND JOHN A. KNEPPEE, OE DELTA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN .WASHING-MACHINES.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,539, dated August 10, 1875; application filed May 2e, 1875.

To all whom t may concewu' Be it known that we, JOHN W. MCQUILLIN and JOHN A. KNEPPER, of Delta, in the county ot' Fulton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washf ing-Machines, of which the following is a specitication:

Figure l is a side view of our improved machine, parts being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, parts being broken away to show the construction.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved machine for washin g clothes, which shallbe so constructed that it may be readily attached to an ordinary wash-tub, which will wash the clothes quickly and thoroughly, and without injuring them, and which shall be simple in construction and easily operated.

The invention will first be described in connection with drawing, andthen pointed out in the claim.

A is a grate, consisting ot' a set of parallel slats, attached to three or more cross-bars, to keep them in position, and to leave a space between them and the bottom of the tub. The grate A is made of such a size as to t into an ordinary wash-tub. To the center of the grate A is attached the lower end of a post, B, which is made square, and passes up through a square hole in the center ot' a cross-bar, O. Upon the under side of the ends of the crossbar O are formed, or to it are attached, lugs or flanges c', to receive the edge of the tub, to which they are secured by set-screws. D are two semicircular disks or plates, which have numerous holes formed through them, to allow the water to pass through freely, and

which may be strengthened by cross-strips. To the middle parts of the dashers D are attached the lower ends of two standards, E, which pass up upon the opposite sides of the post B and cross-bar G, and are pivoted to the slotted ends of the guide-bar F. The guidebar F has a slot formed through its center, to

receive the post B, to which it is pivoted. The

upper ends of the standards E and post B e11- ter slots in, and are pivoted to, the lever G, which is placed parallel with the guidefbar F. The ends of the lever G project, so that either of them may be conveniently grasped to operate the machine.

By this construction, as either end of the lever Gis pressed downward, the presser D, connected with that end, is forced down upon the clothes, forcing the water out ot' them, which water escapes downward through the grate A, upward through the presser D, and laterally through the other part of the clothes, which are relieved from pressure by the upward movement of the other presser D, and so on, one of the pressers D always moving downward as the other moves upward, thus washing the clothes thoroughly in a very short time.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination, with perforated circular grate A, having central post B, of the pounders D D, recessed and sliding on said post as a guide, in the manner shown and described.

- JOHN W. MOQUILLIN.

JOHN A. KNEPPER. Witnesses:

A. P. BvEAINARD, W. W. WILLIAMS. 

